Garment bag



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' GARMENT BAG Filed may '7, 1956 INVENTOR. C/arence 1.. zffeeg/ ATTORNEYUnited States Patent "ice 2,874,827 GARMENT BAG Clarence L. Neely,'Corydon, Iowa Application May 7, 1956, Serial No. 582,980

10 Claims. (Cl. 206-7) This invention relates to clothes containers andmore particularly to garment bags for holding suits, dresses and likeand which are supported by use of a coat hanger.

Germent bags are now in universal usage. They usually take two distinctforms, i. e., ones of paper envelope style having clasp fasteners andones of plastic sheet material having an elongated zipper, for closingthe entrance slot. In either case the item is rather expensive and acertain amount of time is expended in the closing of the bag openingafter the clothes have been deposited therein. Another disadvantageof-the paper type bag is that one can not see through it to observe itscontents.

Therefore, one of the principal objects of my invention is to provide agarment bag that is self closing.

A further object of this invention is to provide a transparent ortranslucent plastic garment bag that is so inexpensive as to permit itsuse by clothiers, cleaners, and like.

garment bag that permits easy and rapid placement of the garment intothe bag or its removal from the bag.

A still further object of this invention is to provide an envelope typegarment bag that hangs evenly and smoothly on a coat hanger even whenclothes are in the bag.

Still further objects of my invention are to provide a garment bag thatis economical in manufacture, durable in fise, and refined inappearance.

These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangements, andcombination, of the various parts of the device, whereby the objectscontemplated are attained as' hereinafter more fully set forth,specifically pointed, out in my claims, and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, in which: i 1

Fig. 1 is a front view of my device with a garment therein shown bybroken lines,

Fig. 2 is a back view of my garment bag,

Fig. 3 is a side view of the bag taken from line 3-3 of Fig. 2,

Fig.' 4 is an enlarged cross sectional view taken fro line 4-4 of Fig. 2of the open side structure of the bag when a suit or like is in thesame, and

Fig. 5 is an enlarged cross sectional view of the open side structure ofthe bag when not holding clothing and further illustrates itsconstruction.

My bag consists of a plastic sheet front and a plastic sheet back 11.These two sheet portions are secured together at top, bottom, and leftside by stitching 13, as shown in Fig. 1. Binding 14 is used around thesewn edges for strength. At the extreme center top of the bag is a smallopening 15 through which the hook portion of a coat hanger 16 protrudes,as shown in Fig. 3. The entire right side of the bag is left open toprovide the entrance and exit opening 17 as shown in Fig. 3. The freeright side edge of both the front 10 and back 11 are also strengthenedby binding 14 and stitching 13. The nu- A still further object of myinvention is to provide a 2,874,827 Patented Feb. 24, 1959 meral 18designates an opening sealing strip or panel. This panel 18 rests on theinner right side area of the back 11, as shown in Fig. 5, and isapproximately of a width one third of the width of the garment bag. Itsright side edge is sewed and bound to the right side edge of the back 11and its top edge is bound and sewed between the top of-both the front 10and back 11. This panel runs the complete vertical length of the bag andhas its bottom edge sewed between the bottom of the front 10 and theback 11. Thus, the panel 18 is fastened at top, at bottom, and at itsright side edge with its left side edge free. This free edge of thepanel flap 18 is strengthened by binding 14 and stitching 13.

In use the coat or dress 19 on the hanger is slipped into the bagthrough the slot opening 17 and the hook portion of the hanger placedthrough the small top opening'15. The garment is permitted to have itstrailing side portion pass to a position back of the panel flap 18, asshown in Fig. 4. With this side portion of the garment between the back-11 and flap 18, the free side of the flap will be held against theinside surface of the front 10, thereby automatically sealing the bagopening and eliminating zipper closing means, snaps, buttons, catches,clamps, and like. As the flap 18 is secured at top, bottom, and outerside edge, it will stay in proper position, and with the back 11 willproduce a compartment in the bag for the right side portion of thegarment. This feature aids in holding the garment against lateralswinging move ment on the hanger.

To remove the garment it is only necessary to move the right sideportion of the garment from back of the flap 18 at which time thegarment may be easily andquickly slid from the bag through the opening17. The numeral 20 designates a name tag secured in the top portion ofthe bag.

Some changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of mygarment bag without departing from the real spirit and purpose of myinvention, and it is my intention to cover by my claims, any modifiedforms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may bereasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a garment bag, a front sheet, a back sheet, a means forpermanently securing the top edge portions of said front and back sheetmembers together, a means for permanently securing the bottom edgeportions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, apanel flap between said front and back sheet members adjacent saidopening, and a means for permanently securing the top of said panel, theside of said panel adjacent said opening, and the bottom of said panelto the top, side, and bottom, respectively, of one of said sheetmembers.

2. In a garment bag, a front sheet, a back sheet, a means forpermanently securing the top edge portions of said front and back sheetmembers together, a means for permanently securing the bottom edgeportions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, apanel flap between said front and back sheet members adjacent saidopening and having a width substantially one third of that of the widthsof said front and back sheets, a means for permanently securing the topof said panel, the side of said panel adjacent said opening, and thebottom of said panel to the top, side, and bottom,-respectively, of oneof said sheet members, and a passageway in the upper portion of said bagfor the passage of the hook portion of a coat hanger.

3. In a garment bag, a front plastic sheet, a back plastic sheet, ameans for permanently securing the top edge portions of said front andback sheet members together, a means for permanently securing the bottomedge portions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, apanel flap between said front and back sheet members adjacent saidopening, and a means for permanently securing the top of said panel, theside of said panel adjacent said opening, and the bottom of said panelto the top, side, and bottom, respectively, of one of said sheetmembers.

4. In a garment bag, a front transparent plastic sheet, a backtransparent plastic sheet, a means for permanently securing the top edgeportions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securiug the bottom edge portions of said front and backsheet members together, a means for permanently securing one of the sideportions of both of said front and back sheet members together; saidother side portions of said front and back sheet members being unsecuredtogether to provide an opening, a panel flap between said front and backsheet members adjacent said opening, and a means for permanentlysecuring the top of said panel, the side of said panel adjacent saidopening, and the bottom of said panel to the top, side, and bottom,respectively, of one of said sheet members.

5. In a garment bag, a front plastic sheet, a back plastic sheet, ameans for permanently securing the top edge portions of said front andback sheet members together, a means for permanently securing the bottomedge portions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, apanel plastic flap between said front and back sheet members adjacentsaid opening having a width substantially that of one third of thewidths of said front and back sheets, and a means for permanentlysecuring the top of said panel, the side of said panel adjacent saidopening, and the bottom of said panel to the top, side, and bottom,respectively, of one of said sheet members.

6. In a garment bag, a front sheet, a back sheet, a means forpermanently securing the top edge portions of said front and back sheetmembers together, a means for permanently securing the bottom edgeportions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, apanel flap between said front and back sheet members adjacent saidopening, and a means for permanently securing the top of said panel, theside of said panel adjacent said opening, and the bottom of said panelto the top, side, and bottom, respectively, of one of said sheetmembers; said panel flap extending the complete length of said bag.

7. In a garment bag, a front flexible sheet, a back flexible sheet, ameans for permanently securing the top edge portions of said front andback sheet members together, a means for permanently securing the bottomedge portions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, and apanel flap between said front and back sheet members adjacent saidopening, and a means for permanently securing the top of said panel, theside of said panel adjacent said opening, and the bottom of said panelto the top, side and bottom, respectively, of one of said sheet members.

8. In a garment bag, a front sheet, a back sheet, a means forpermanently securing the top edge portions of said front and back sheetmembers together, a means for permanently securing the bottom edgeportions of said front and back sheet members together, a means forpermanently securing one of the side portions of both of said front andback sheet members together; said other side portions of said front andback sheet members being unsecured together to provide an opening, apanel flap between said front and back sheet members adjacent saidopening, and a means for permanently securing the topv of said panel,the side of said lpanel adjacent said opening, and the bottom of saidpanel to the top, side, and bottom, respectively, of said back sheetmember.

9. In a garment bag, a front sheet, a back sheet, means for securing thetop, bottom and one side edge of said respective front and back sheetstogether, a flap member secured to the free side edge of said back sheetand extending inwardly between said front and back sheets, said flapmember secured at its top and bottom edges respectively of said frontand back sheets.

10. In a garment bag, a front flexible sheet, a back flexible sheet,means for securing the top, bottom and one side edge of said respectivefront and back sheets together, a flexible flap member secured to thefree side edge of said back sheet and extending inwardly between saidfront and back sheets; said flap member secured at its top and bottomedges respectively of said front and back sheets.

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